Imelda Staunton
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, OBE (born (1956-01-09)9 January 1956) is a British actress of stage and screen. A 1976 graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), she is a BAFTA Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. Staunton began her career in repertory theatre, before joining the National Theatre in 1982. She won the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance for her work in A Chorus of Disapproval and The Corn is Green, and the 1991 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Into the Woods. On television, she starred in the sitcoms Up the Garden Path (1990–93) and Is it Legal? (1995–98). She drew critical acclaim for the title role in the 2004 film Vera Drake, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. The role also earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Her other film roles include Nurse in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Mrs. Blatherwick in Nanny McPhee (2005), Dolores Jane Umbridge in two of the Harry Potter films (2007–10) and Hefina Headon in Pride (2014). In 2011, she starred as Mrs Lovett in the National Theatre's revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, winning a third Olivier Award. Other London stage roles include Adelaide in Guys and Dolls (1982), Sonia in Uncle Vanya (1988), Claire in A Delicate Balance (2011) and Rose in Gypsy (2014).